here are some hyper-polluting individuals:

  • the Rolling Stones’ Boeing 767 (5,046 tonnes of CO2)
  • Lawrence Stroll (1,512 flights)
  • Thirty-nine jets linked to 30 Russian oligarchs – (30,701 tonnes of CO2)

relevant quote:

But I will say this, a movement can’t get along without a devil, and across the whole political spectrum there is a misogynistic tendency to choose a female devil, whether it’s Anita Bryant, Hillary Clinton, Marie Antoinette, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, or J.K. Rowling [or Taylor Swift]. And there’s always gonna be people who seize on any opportunity to be misogynistic. So I would advise trans people and our allies [or environmentalists] to keep in mind, that J.K. Rowling [Taylor Swift] is not the final boss of transphobia [anti-environmentalism]. She’s not our devil. The devil is the Republican Party, the Conservative Party.

—Natalie Wynn (emphasis and bracket text mine)

edit: if you can’t respond to this without using the c*nt expletive it is not helping your case lmao. mods are we okay with this? in any case, please don’t feed the trolls.

edit 2/FAQ: “but why did she threaten legal action against that college kid though?” still shitty, but refer to this comment for a good explanation of the context behind that decision.

She only threatened legal action since those memes started before when her flight movements got the attention of the right in an attempt to make her less credible of a voice speaking out against trump. And knowing how batshit insane trump cultists can be and how she’s basically the single most hated person of his base I’m not surprised that she feared for her security. Those records were public for years but the legal action only happened after someone created that meme and even fox news suddenly cared about plane emissions…

sources/timeline for the above:

    • deaf_fish@lemm.ee
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      5 months ago

      Yeah, that was an analysis fail in my opinion. I am sure being a woman has something to do with it, but I think it is way more about the big polluters looking for a scape goat and finding one in T Swift.

      • BlackNo1@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        or shes just the biggest representative on a personal level of how billionaries think they are better than us and they can tell us how we need to recycle, buy an ev, drink out of paper straws, all the while they can take and take and take.

        So dont fucking tell me how it’s about her being a woman you cunt because for me and many other leftists shes a symbol of excess that all the rich and wealthy inhabit.

        • deaf_fish@lemm.ee
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          5 months ago

          Ok, so first off, it is impossible for it not not at least a little bit that she is a woman. Sexisim is a thing and we could argue about how much it is affecting things, but your dumb if you think it has 0 effects. Multiple things can be true at the same time. Check your brain worms before they eat you alive.

          Yes, billionaires are a problem, but jetting around is tiny damage compared to large scale manufacturing, which is where the real money and environmental damage is. And the real money loves what your doing. They love that everyone is shitting on T Swift, because that means, they get some time that they aren’t public enemy number one.

        • Oderus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          5 months ago

          So you blame her for being successful? Why not blame the government for not taxing the rich 100% on money recieved over 100 million or some other number so they can’t be billionaires?

          • BlackNo1@lemmy.world
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            5 months ago

            fuck off bootlicking bitch shes not successful all on her own shes an exploitive cunt. Also fuckface i do blame the govt for allowing cunts like her, bezos, musk, buffet, and gates to exist as they all exist because they lobby neoliberal shithead politicians who let them exploit the working class for their gain.

          • potustheplant@feddit.nl
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            5 months ago

            There is no such thing as an ethical millionaire. Let alone a billionaire. Any person that is fine with having a wealth well beyond what they could even spend is not a good person.

          • Red Army Dog Cooper@lemmy.ml
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            5 months ago

            Being sucsessful doea not equate to being a billionaire, to be a billionaire requires mass exploitation. If you think success requires others to be exploited than I truly feel sorry for you, and you have my pitty